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kentuck

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2. The Republican Party leaders are playing a game....

Reply to RainDog (Reply #1)

Sun May 13, 2012, 07:50 PM

May 2012

...they are pretending they are above such arguments but they are more than willing to let their conservative base make the argument at every opportunity. Are there any Republicans that aren't ideologues? I have my doubts.

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